After that, he frequently ended up in the Principal's office—Once, he was able to escape 10 whacks from a wooden paddle.

After starting a fight at school with squirt bottles he took from the chemistry classroom, Tepper and his co-conspirator were both in the vice Principal's office facing their punishment—either ten whacks from a wooden paddle with holes (ouch!) or ten days suspension.

Fortunately for Tepper, the fire alarm went off and he was able to escape both punishment options.

He told Ahuja he was considering taking the paddle option.

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Tepper never earned an 'A' in high school.

Tepper told Ahuja that even though he was a scholar student at Peabody High School he never earned an A. That's because he wasn't motivated enough to work for those grades, he recalled

He would also skip class to go get free pancakes from the seminary across the street. Nice!

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In his last year of high school, Tepper was the 'best actor' in the senior musical.

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During his senior year, Tepper played the father (Harry MacAfee) in the musical Bye, Bye Birdie.

That's not all. He won the "Best Actor" award for his high school for that performance.

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An avid sports fan, Tepper could recite every major league baseball players' statistics from memory.